St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-08
THE IOWA ELECTION.


A Globe Correspondent Thinks
the Democrats May Win To-Day
if They Can Poll Their Vote of
Two Years Ago.
Special to the Globe
Dies MONIES, To-, Nov. 7.-Politicians
are less disposed to predict the outcome
of tomorrow election than of any pre-
ViouS event of the kind for several
wears. There has not been an election
I'm Iowa for thirty years where so much
doubt aud uncertainty was involved in
the result as exists in the present case.
There never has been q time when so
Republicans haze come out openly and
expressed their intention to vote for the
Democratic candidate for governor and
the Democratic legislative candidates as
well. 1t is difficult to estimate the
strength of this Independent vote. but
there is no doubt there is enough of it to
defeat the Republican state ticket If the
Democratic vote of two years ago can be
held substantially solid. The Union
Labor movement is new thing i'll Iowa,
and its strength can only be conjectured.
There is no data on which TO base an
estimate. 1t is clear that the entire vOt
ing strength of the now departed Green
back party has not been transferred to
its ranks. A large percentage of its
membership among the farmers has
certainly become allied with the Demo-
cratic party in this campaign. But in
the cities, or i'll some of them, at least,
the Democratic party will lose some
from this source.
MAI. ANDE RSON, THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE
for governor, has been in nearly every
S.EA r4n Il SC
guine Of the result. He expresses great
confidence in his election. He said to
me yesterday:
There is no doubt about my cleo
ton. Everywhere | have been l find
independent voters dropping off from
the Republican party. There is tide
of proteStatiOns coming in against pro-
hibitiOn every day, and this shows how
those who are protesting are going to
vote. More than that l shall get large
soldier vote. Other Democratic soldier
candidates have said the same thing. |
know. and failed. but there is no doubt
OF this vote this time. Why. I'm going
to get Gen. Tuttle'S vote. so his friends
say. and he has as much as intimated so
himself. This, with the Independent
vote and the strong sentiment against
prohibition. will elect me, sure"
''Ilaye you figured on the labor vote?"
"Well, that may cut a larger figure
than | suppose, but L can't tell. If
am defeated. as | have no fears of at
this time, it will be tho labor vote which
will do it. | tell you this and you see if
it is not so, that there will not be a
single township in Iowa this election
but that the Republicans will lose
votes. Take Des MOines and | will get
@. 900 independent votes from Larrabee.
NnnnO mons nlIghS nf Inhnnnndpnf Pc
publicanS in many places have voted to
support me. Down in Congressman
AnderSOn'S district | will get
THREE-FOURTHS OF THE REPUBLICANS
who voted for him, so you see that there
IS big vote that will leave the republic
an party and it will all go to me. The
State Register virtually comedies my
election in an editorial of a couple of
days ago, when it said that the demo-
Gratis had given up the hope of securing
the legislature and were concentrating
their efforts toward capturing the gov
eTnOrShip, | shall, unless the labor
vote is more than can figure now, lead
Iarrabee by 10000 votes"
Chairman Hunted, of the state central
committee, is also confident, but will
give no figures.
Ten days ago GOV. Larrabee felt GER
tain of his election, but the exposure of
the scandal and corruption in the Ana
mOsa penitentiary, and his apparent
neglect to investigate and reform the
abuses practiced, have had marked af-
feet upon the people of the state. The
adrOit work of organizations carried out
by the democratic managers in all see
tiOns of the state has just been fully
realized by Chairman Beardsley. and
this has stirred them TO state of activi-
ty which indicates great alarm. Gov.
Larrabee still claims to be confident OF
his election. BeardSley is also keeping
up the courage of the faithful by san
guine predictions of a large majority,
not forgetting. however to advise the
workers to get out the vote. While
everybody abstainS from giving figures,
it is quite generally conceded that un-
less the labor vote runs above 10000
Anderson will have a clear plurality.
The legislature will be republican be.
yond doubt, but it may contain enough
liberals to make the repeal of the pro
hibitOry law possible, which has been
the chief issue in the campaign.